Evil

This is copied from an email, and as such I have yet to determine whether to add more or leave it as is. But for now this should work.

In the past I said that I believed in evil, but that human beings are not evil, but that actions are. At this point I have gathered enough reason to extend that to say evil does not exist period. my reasons are as follows:

1. the morality of a human being is developed over time- and as such they have no control initially, and very little control overall as to whether or not they become what it stereotypically "evil"- and even the little control they do have ultimately stems from factors beyond their control- so no one has any actual control over their fate- because their choices stem from things that they learned, that were genetic, or that originated from outside influence of various forms. thus- a person cannot be evil, because that would require a choice. Ultimately, that choice does not exist, and that is what I derive this reasoning from.

2. anything, regardless of how extreme it is, could not be considered evil, at least not by us. if you believe in a God presumably he knows, but that's irrelevant for practical purposes, since prophesies are never crystal-clear, and don't happen hardly at all in the first place. Even if thousands of people are killed, who's to say that this event inadvertently prevented more tragic events from happening in the future. when you consider how small changes in the timeline usually grow exponentially in importance over time, such a thing isn't too unlikely. But regardless, we must consider that we're all going to die anyway, and most people prefer to be remembered. In most cases, the more gruesome a murder is, the more likely it is to remembered, not to mention the poetry and beauty that can be seen within moments just from the surface. For this reason, I want to die by murder. Dying in my sleep at a ripe old age is absolutely unacceptable. well, it doesn't have to be a murder, but that is preferred.

3. For the rest of the evil, the outcome is not determined by the circumstances, but the involved individual's ability to adapt. If they are able to adapt- what would seem evil might actually be for the best, because the life experience and knowledge achieved would be far worth it. One of the best examples of this are diamonds. In case you didn't know, diamonds are the products of death. specifically, animal, plant, and (possibly) human life die over thousands of years. eventually their carcasses decompose and meld together forming fossil fuels- specifically coal. Then it sits in the lonely dark caves for thousands more years, and turn into diamonds. this is nature's way of telling us that anything can turn out for the good if we let it. Some- possibly most people are not good at adapting. I believe the ability to adapt to be primarily genetic- although from looking at my family there's probably more to it- although it's probable that my dad's side is really good at adapting, whereas my mom's side is really bad. actually when I think about it this makes perfect sense (if you knew my family you would know what I mean by that) But in either case we have two choices: either force people to adapt at an equal rate, and the survivors will become evident by means of natural selection (not going to happen- the world won't accept that obviously) or closely observe everyone that we influence, and find their natural limit rate of adaptation. from there we can achieve a balance between growth and stability on an individual basis. This would be the ideal approach to eliminating what most people call "evil"